BIRDS FROM SIAJVI AND THE MALAY PENINSULA 113 



Pang Sok, eastern Siam, August 26, 1926; two males, Pran, south- 

 western Siam, May 28, 1928, and April 2, 1931; one male, Koh Kut, 

 May 21, 1929; one male, Huey Yang, Kao Luang, Nakon Sritamarat, 

 October 6, 1930; one female, Hin Lap, eastern Siam, September 30, 

 1932; one female, Sobpung, December 22, 1932; one male and one 

 female, Khonka Valley, January 26, 1933. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected three males in Trang (Lay Song Hong, 

 August 31, 1896; near Kao Nok Kam, January 4, 1899, and Prang, 

 January 20, 1899). He gives the soft parts as: Iris dark brown; bill 

 coral-red, base and cere purple; feet purple, soles and back of tarsi 

 whitish. 



This pigeon has a wide range. It occurs practically all over India 

 and extends east to Siam, southern China, Indo-China, the Malay 

 Peninsula, the Philippines, and the Sunda Islands. It has been 

 recorded fairly regularly over Siam proper and down Peninsular Siam 

 to the Malay States ; also on many of the islands off the coast of Penin- 

 sular and southeastern Siam. 



COLUMBA LIVIA INTERMEDIA Strickland 



Columba intermedia Strickland, Ann, Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 1, vol. 13, p. 39, 1844 

 (India). 



One male, Nong Mong, Muang Krabin, August 27, 1925 ; one female, 

 Koh Chang, January 7, 1926. 



Gyldenstolpe ^* saj^s specimens of this species have been recorded 

 from several localities in central and southwestern Siam and that it 

 has been obtained on the island of Puket; Deignan ^^ reports it at 

 Chiengmai in flocks often found feeding far from houses and acting 

 like wild birds ; Baker ^° records it from Pak Chong, eastern Siam. 

 Most writers regard the form in Siam as the domestic pigeon gone 

 wild; even so, it seems to have spread rather widely over the whole 

 country, except Peninsular Siam, but not in great numbers. 



COLUMBA PUNICEA Tickcll 



Columba {Alsocomus) puniceus Tickell, in Blyth, Joiirn. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 

 vol. 11, p. 461, 1842 (Chyebassa, India). 



One male, Muek Lek, April 7, 1933. 



This specimen is much deeper in color both above and below than 

 a female from Koh Lak, the only specimen available for comparison. 

 The third primary in both wings is being renewed ; the new feather is 

 about half grown. 



Robinson ^^ records it from Pulo Terutau and states that Hume had 

 recorded three specimens from Salanga; these specimens are now in the 



>8 Ibis, 1920, p. 741. 



•» Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 8, p. 167, 1931. 



»» Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 4, p. 32, 1920. 



" Joiirn. Federated Malay States Mus. vol. 4, p. 129, 1909. 



